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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

Everybody knows how many difficulties
stand In the way of a young man who is In
search of employment. There are thou.
sands of young fellows who are eXclaiming
how hard ii is 10 OBTAIN position.
And yet the business man who has va
cancy in his office finds il hard to fill it sat
isfactorily. Many good places To-Day are
waiting for the right men to enter and de.
velop them.
There are too many young men who have
not the industry and tdelity TO command
success by deserving it, They are looking
out for short hours, easy occupation and u
good salary. When they work, their chief
object seems To be to get through as quick.
ly rs possible, and 60 away for what they
call good time. They are looking for
soft places; and they could probably find
them under their own hats.
This Is not the way 10 become business
men, or to accomplish anything in the
world. 1t Is not young fellows Of this kind
who control railroads, manage newspapers
and bdild mp great emf rises.
Forum, tely there are some boys of a
different stamp, and II is for them that the
IrgoSy writes. There are some boys who
are not afraid of work who can stand long
hours who are not always thinking of u
time; who are ready To lend a hand"
There is room for them, and work for
them to do
Such boys grow into men like those
whose career Is Sketched from week To
week in the frgosy; men like those who
have raised their country Ia its present
pitch of greatness and prosperity.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

J. G. Burrows, Kalamazoo, Michigan
tesrihes "For more than five years, a mem
Der of my family has been afflicted with
Hay Fever, eliminating late in the fall IN
hacking cough. Every remedy proved
futile. Not half dozen bottles of Papil
lon (extract OF flax Catarrh Cure had beer
used before the cough entirely disappeared
and general relief followed. 1t is simply
wonderful" Large bottles only 81, for
sale by T. f. Gapen IL Co.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

The commissioners of the Joliet peni
Tertiary estimates that 1t will cost three
hundred thousand dollars year to supper.
the prisoners in idleness. Why an honest
man should be compelled to earn his bread
by the sweat of his brow, ana the thief
forger, mailrobber, express robber, murd.
erer, and other vagabonds should be sup
ported in idleness by the taxpayers, is II
question we do not pretend TO solve. The
penitentlary at Sing Sing, N. Y, was SO
conducted that the prisoners during the
last six months not only paid all their ex.
penses, but earned a surplus of three thou.
sand d-liars? Now, when the present
contracts shall have expired, these prison
ers and those at the other penitentary of
that state will be allowed TO sit down in
idleness at "A cost to the state of over three
millions of dollars annually, and the
farmer pays for all,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

Come in if you are going TO and shut 'ha'
door, Do you take this for barn or a
cornfeld?
Small hands in licate spiritual nclins,ions
of their owner, and so do large ones ASK
any saloon keeper if they don't.
Uow's your coal .bin?--Peorm Democrm.
'Taint bin anywhere, but the coal has.
"The boys at Peoria hug the baseburner
these cold evenings .'-ff.
Ottawa boys know trick worth two oil
that, don't they, girls!
Barnum announces another last farewell
tour this year. 70 see that good, old, truth,
ful man for the last time once more will be
sad, but our gloom will be lightened as we
leave IN his trembling hand so cents each
for ticket and 10 cents for the negro show,
A girl in the southern part of the state
has lost control of her jaw through incessant
chewing of gum. And now she is over.
whelmed with offers Of marriage. And the
other girls are chewing gum even in their
sleep! Verify she who discovered that incess-
ant wagging of the feminine jaw coulabe for
ever stopped by chewing gum, is boon like
that Of the invention Of the telephone,
electric light, gun powder, insect poison and
the like. 1t has double benefit in its action,
it stops the woman's jaw and gets her u
husband at the same time.
An Indiana girl has been born without
mouth. She will very soon realize that she
has forgotten something. -EI.
If this new style is to become fashionable
there isn't boy in Ottawa who has got
the spirit of man in him who won't "kick.
What good would she be at kissing irolio!
Over seventy five thousand gallons OF beer
were shipped to Princeton, Bureau Co., last
year. And yet Father Edwards and Radcliff
live there. We don't believe Princeton
drinks beer to such fearful extent. Had it
been wine well wineot'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

The interests of humanity seem to de
mand the publication of the following
facts: Two months ago my attention wa
called 70 the case of poor woman VIII,
was said TO be afflicted with cancer.
found her with an ulcer on er shoulder a
least five inches in circumference, angry
painful and giving the patient no rest day
or night for six months, | obtained sup
ply OF Swift's specific, which persuaded
her to try. She has taken five bottles, the
result of which is that the ulcer is entirely
healed up, nothing remaining but small
scab not larger than ones finger nail, anC
her general health is better than for five
years past. She. seems to be perfectly
cured. consider its effects wonderful
almos miraculous
REV. JESSE III. CAMPBELL,
Columbus, Ga.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15
Some young gents of Princeton, Bureau

Some young gents of Princeton, Bureau
county, have come to grief. They recently
went to the river in the night built fire
upon the ice, ut an immense hole In IT,
and took ont sixty bushels of fish! The an.
thorities are after them for violating the
fish law, which tiyes heavy penalty for
catching fish with seine, or other device
for taking fish, except with "A hook and
line, within half "A n ia from any dam
They caught these fish at the dam at the
mouth of Bureau Creek.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

IL Is a noteworthy fact that all violations
Of the law which prohibits the importa
ton of pauper laborers of Europe to take
the place of our workmen, occur in those
regions where high protective tariff are
the most popular and that industries which
have been built up AMI protected" till
they have become monopolies, and the
only ones that have reduced wages to star
walton rates, AMI have shut out home
labOrers, have violated the law by Import
ing cheap labor from abroad. These mon
spolists keepa lobby at Washington, and
spend thousands of dollars weekly 10 pre-
vent, by every means fair or foul, any re-
iuction of the tariff on articles which
they make, and among the argumen they
urge the most fallacious. is that unless
they are protected they can't pay good
wages TO their workmen, and this in the very
lace OF the wellestablished fact that
the higher mOnopolists are protected The
lower the wages they pay. A democratic
congress passed law fixing a penalty of
enc thousand dollars tor every foreign
cheap laborer employed by these como.
rsas, in spite of their lobby. They fought
the passage Of this law, and failing In that,
Dow defy 1t. As an instance In point: The
Uaited States district attorneyin Boston has
Instituted five suits against the Bay State
Brick company for filling its works with
Preach Canadians imported under these
fsrtidded contracts The pets'ty Is 81 900
for each ofenseS
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

Ia these cities the number of people who
live by manufactures very largely exceeds
ths number who live from commerce The
proximity Of raw materials Is Bot an essen
tia prerequisite To successful manufac'
turing; it is certainly a very great advan,
tage. but the history of the mechanical In
dustries demonstrates that the great manu-
featuring ceuters have not been immedi.
ately pruXimated Ia raw materials Indeed,
il has been regarded by some economists
as unnatural, rs nature rarely laVors one 10
cality with an endowment of both raw ma
terial and fuel, and with "A population sufti-
ciently energetic to utilize them IT Is
true that for iron and other heavy manu-
featuring cheap and easily accessible fuel
seems 10 be n prerequisite, yet the cities
of New England have attained pre- emil
uence AS manufacturing Centers, the sole
influence which stimulated enterprise,
built immense factories and accumulated
colossal fortunes, was the Industrious, in
genious energetic and provdent character
Of the people. They were possessed OF
but scant natural advantages. The soil IL
more remarkable Tor its barrenness than
any other quality, yet those people
grew wealthy and powerful, by transport
ing the product of the South 1000 miles
across the continent to their Northern
steam mills, from whence they send
broadcast the manufactured products of
their looms and spindles, and the whole
country pays tribute to them.
The South has many and varied advan-
tages which we're allowed for many years
to remain undeveloped and undisturbed !;
but the change has come; her people are
animated with nobler impulses, and these
advantages are being developed and
brought into subsection 10 mans uses
Since the current has set in that direction
1t is net difficult TO conjecture the possible,
even the probable, importance of that sec
tion In Industrial affairs. The South now
offers the strongest inducements for the
exercise of enterprise and the development
of Industrial activity. Every State gives
evidence that the spirit of modern progress
has taken root, and the results already
achieved promise future of unnXampled
prosperity. Southern cities have all the
inducements, all the possible profit and
advantages deriyable from manufacturing
10 sight, which results from the timely and
sagacious employment of opportunities.
and II behooves them To evidence their ap-
probation of these truths by developing
and perfecting these opportunities. And
as the South grows stronger, as the bud.
ding genius Of enterprise, industrial activ-
ity and progress, blooms into graceful
symm. trical and vigorous maturity the
culture and power Of the country will cen
ter there, and she will become the fairest,
and the most precious jewel in the crown
of our republican empire.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

Poisoned win Potash ana mercury
Is the tale of large percentage of SICK
people in the world-such large number
in fact, that 1t is hard to tell whether there
ara not as many victims 20 this miEera
p 'isoning as to diseases of the blood anc
skin.
81 took potash" said one, "and while i
partially dried up the eruption temporarily
it came near drying up my vitality for al
time. 1t drove the disease in my system
only to break out again on some other par
of my body"
To such sufferers Swifts Specific is the
remedy which is worth more than all the
world besides 1t drives out the p ison OF
blood faint, eliminates this miner ! poison
and builds up the general health.
Be sure and get the genuine, and senc
for Treaties on Blood and Skin Diseaser
free. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

as some have done, to the theory of pre-
Adamites, who were said to lie created be-
fore Adam. The Scripture does not give
us details. 1t omits many things which
might be Of interest, but which are not es-
sential to the purpose of the narrative. We
may suppose, therefore, that there were
other members of the family, who, as aveng-
ers Of Abel's blood, might seek Gains life
in punishment Of his crime Gen. tx, g.
Mum. xxxv, 33).
Without God in the World ". 16). The
worst thing that could befall Cain now hap.
pens to him. He goes out from the presence
Of the Lord never to return again. He is
without God in the world (Eph. ii, ~, a
prey to his evil passions and the temptations
Of Satan Sunday School World
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15
4 Merchants Onininn.

Mr.. Il F. Nourse, general western agent
Royal Baking Powder Co, writes: have
never found so great results from physici
clans prescriptions and attendance upon oul
children, rs | have after a few days use OF
Papillon (eXtract of flax Skin Cure.
cannot describe TO you medically what II
has done for us, but can say that years OF
treatment have not accomplished what Pa
pillon has done after few applications
Large bottles only 81, at I. L. Gapen "
Cos drug store.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

number of manufacturing operatives, ana
have the largest amount invested IN manu-.
features. Commerce alone makes no grea'
cities. IN the principal cities OF tbs coz
try, some of them esteemed essentially
commercial centers Of trade and specula
ton rather than industrial production, the
value OF products of manufacture amount
ed 10 one third of all in the United STATES
Take the list MS returned in So
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

New counterfeit silver dollars have been
put in circulation. They are cleverly exc
cuted and difficult OF detection, and bear
date 1881 and 1882. So nearly do they re-
semble the genuine that bankers and fairly
good experts have been taken in" by
them. They first appeared in Detroit, I'd
are said to be plentiful in Chicago.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

The special election for treasurer of
Grundy county, 10 fill the place made VA
cant by the death of Sam H0lderman, re.
suited In victory for p Phillips, dem, OF
between $50 to 400 majority over Ferguson
rep.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

l think very highly of Seth ArnstFs
Cough Killer. Father used il five years and
| have very often heard him recommend IL
as the best cough remedy he ever saw G.
c keepey, New London, Ct,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

ANXIOUS MOTHER Your fear as TO
cough mixtures containing opiates is ma
tural, but Prof. Williams, eA. State Chemist
of Delaware, who analysed Red Star
Cough Cure, states that it contains neither
morphia nor opium, and is wonderfully eff
ticacious, Give it to your children, by all
means. Only % cents
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

James Nurtha, city marshal of Spring
Valley, formerly of La Sale, has been ap
pointed deputy 10 the sheriff of Bureau
county,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15

Away with melancholy! No more rheu-
matism neuralgia or toothache st. Jacobs
OIL cures all pain. Price fifty cents a bot
tie.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15
Gossip.

Ent,,,d at the P0si OHicc at Ottatrd IHinois' as
Second CId.s HdR Hdtter,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-01-15
CAIN AND ABEL.
DR.. CURTlSS' NOTES ON THE SUN
DAY SCHOOL LESSON.

Lesson III for sunday, Jan. 1G-Lesson
Text, Gen. w, 3-16-Goiden Text, Nv, D:
cam 1 My Brothers, Keeper"'-With-
out God In the World.
Is Sin Hereditary?-Did Adam introduce
sin into the world? Old Testament history
answers yes The disobcdience of the pro-
genitor of the race is followed by an UNI
broken chain of transgrcSsion. The expert
cnce of nations and individuals attests the
fact, and Old Testament passages point in
the same direction, although not III as clear
terms as the New.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

THE United States Marshal of Utah, so says the eastern press, has taken possession of Temple Block, on which stands the Mormon Tenn pie, Assembly Hall and the large Tabernacle in Salt Lake City. These buildings and the adjacent grounds have been used for upward of forty years exclusively for religious pur- poses. He also took possession of the parsonage, known as the Garde House, and the Church Historian S office, leaving men in charge. A demand was made for all books, papers, securities and other per sonal property. This property is claimed by Angus Cannon, Presi- dent. This stake was turned over to him, before the passage of the law.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

Considerable trouble Is reported among tie Papagos. It is frs charged that some four days since they stole horses in Sonora and at tempted to run them across the line into Arizona, but were pursued by ranchers and custom house guards. The Indians were ovcrtaken, fight followed, the stolen stock was re- covered and one Indian killed. The Paplgos then declared war against the Mexicans,ss ,ssand"opened hostili- ties by the killing of some cattle cattle and the stealing of others Yesterday, as our informant, Mir. ". s. Sturgis, passed the ranch of Mr. Pedro Aguirre, ten miles east of Arivaca, the excitement was at fever heat. Yhe PapagOs had killed a COW, had cut the brand from the hide and laid 1t on the carcass Oi the dead animal, where 1t could ht plainly seen, and then driven off other stock toward the Fresnal it. the Barboquivaris where the In dians are said to be congregating. All the vaQueros on the several ranches near Arivaca had armed and gone in pursuit. The result s not easily to be foyetold, as the Pap agos are said 10 be armed to the number of l50 strong. In settle ment of this business the law should be first invoked and q demand for the thieves made upon the chiefs ol the several bands to which they be long. As It would be folly to re- fuse, they would, in all probability, be given up. This, we hope, will be done before harsher measures are adopted.-Tucson Citizen, De ccmber 1st.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08
Our Financial Condition.

We are glad to announce to our readers that our county financial affairs are assuming a more favor able aspect. There comes daily to the Treasurer from small holders of warrants the proposition to take bonds in exchange. Yesterday a bank owning $3,5O0 in warrants proposed to take in exchange there for 5000 in bonds, they paying the county $500 i'll money. The amount eff warrants heard from to date, will take about $95,000 of bonds, thus leaving $15,000 undis- posed of, of which about $10,000 represent the jail bonds. This con dition of affairs lead us up to the idea that from this time on the policy of the county towards those dealing with it, should, in the flu ture, be different from what it has been in the past. The man who, for private individual. from whom he expected cash, would do job of work for BIO, would charge the county about SIS, thus adding about 80 per cent on account of his valuation of the warrant he would receive. The county, must sooner or later pay the SIS, and in the meantime pays ten per cent inter est on the debt. With all of her debt foated, save that which has accumulated since July, with every reasonable prospect of receiving a large amount of past due taxes from the Railroad, and reaching a proper basis for taxation for the future upon it's property in the county, and particularly in view of the fact that the county pays ten per cent upon it's obligations, we can see no reason why we should not work for the public at about the same rate that we do for private in- dividuals. Certainly there is no justification in charging, and there is less reason for the county paying, eighty per cent more than any other person for the same work.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

THE Santa Fe New Mexican says : The main line of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad Is to go to Fl Paso and that a branch will strike Trinidad, Colorado, which branch will sooner or later be eX- tended into New Mexico. It is a fact that the Rock Island people have purchased 1,200 acres of coal land near Trinidad. It is the evi- dent intention of the Rock Island to contest the supremacy of the Santa Fe in Kansas, New Mexico and Colorado.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

MR. EDWARD ATKINSON, the we'll known statistician and political economist, proposes that the United States put an end to the fshda
 dispute by purchase of the terri tory abutting on the fishing grounds where all the trouble originates. That is, that the United States pur- chase the three provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edwards Island for the sum of
 fifty million of dollars, which he estimates is about the proportion of the Dominion. debt for which these three provinces are properly liable. The three provinces, taken together, would make a state about the size of New York and have a population of SO0,00O. While the population of these three provinces are indifferent as to their annexa- tion to the United States, it is thought that the purchase will more promptly and effectually settle the dispute than any other method which could be resorted to by the country's involved.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

TIE Albuquerque Citizen says great changes may be expected in the Indian Territory shortly. Con- gressman Springer, who will be chairman of the committee on ter ritories, is in favor of bringing the inhabitants of the territory imme- diately under the laws of the United States. He will introduce and push a bill establishing territorial laws and courts in the territory.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

THE Panama Canal scheme does not look as though it will have a happy termination, when careful observers claim that it has thus far cost the lives of forty thousand people, and one hundred and fifty millions of dollars, and added to this, an ultimatum of seriously em- barrassing France financially.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

barrels of four, 60 barrels of whis key, 6 cords of wood, IS to 20 0head of cattle. 50 to 60 head of hogs and 80 to 100 head of she,p. Add to this about fifty per cent of the value of the contents of the car, and you will have the freight rates of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Com pany.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

THE Supreme Court of Arizona has delivered through Judge Barnes, its decision affirming the conviction of Sol Earth, for forgery, at the last April term of the District Court presided over by Chief Justice Wright. There were dozen points raised for reversal by defendant, but the Supreme Court sustained Judge Wright on every one The sun is beginning to shine mighty
The St. Johns herald., 1887-12-08

SPRINGERvILLE Is not to be be- hind her sister towns of our coun ty. Although the rendezvous of a class who found pleasure in charg- ing the air with leaden bullets and enforcing martial law upon its clti- zens. It has changed during the past twelve months from a town which was nearly daily ''shot up" and where promenading it's streets after sundown was at a serious risk of life, to one of the quietcst towns in the county, and one where the law is as much enforced and res pected. This change from reign of terror to a quiet and peaceful town, has all been due to the in- domitable will and courage of it's good citizens in asserting and en- Iorclng the law.
 A few days since one of the shoot -'em-up" kind, after filling himself up with bad whisky, turned loose his Winchester, endeavoring. no doubt, to revive the days of wore and sever the monotony. The gentleman was very promptly ar rested, however, and brought before Squire Martin, who fined him S25 for his sport. This will prove a good example by learning this class of people to seek a different source of pleasure.